Articles by schmuck
April 12, 2002
Chris O’Connell
WHISTLER - With the 7th Annual Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival set to begin today, Whistler village has begun its transformation into even more of a party town than usual. The massive big air jump and huge main stage now dominate the base of the...
MT. CRESTED BUTTE, CO (April 6, 2002)- Crested Butte's Willy Mushen and Snowbird's Vickie Bates charged at their runs today and came from behind to take top honors in the men's and women's titles respectively-and $6,500 cash each-- at the 11th Annual SAAB U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships...
from freezeonline.com
Bringing the legendary TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival celebrations to a close, the Garnier Fructis WORLD SKIING INVITATIONAL will be the grand finale of the competitive season. Featuring Superpipe and Big Air competitions, the event will award $50,000 in prize money...
The forecast is dreadful: 15 degrees, and pouring rain. It's 8am and the clouds are looming, as if waiting to pounce on us as we step outside. We decide to chance the weather and head up to Mont Ste. Marie who, with the help of Mike Crichton, is to host the Orage Big Air. As we make our way...
By Ethan Stone, Newschoolers.com
STEVENS PASS, WA., and HORSESHOE RESORT, ONT. — Humans are always subject to nature’s whims. This was evident March 3, as the planned Orage Big Air at Horseshoe Resort, Ontario became a halfpipe competition when there wasn’t enough snow to build a kicker...
by Chris Bergner
reprinted from Freezeonline.com
Editor's note: Why the hell would Freeze hire a guy who can't even type competently? If he was drunk, I can understand; otherwise, this spelling and grammar is unexcusable, especially in the professional literary world. Enjoy.
The second stop...
Orage has planned to run a big air event at Mont Ste. Marie on March 9th. There will be both amateur and pro categories and anyone can enter.
Competitors can expect a ton of prizes, including a cash purse. For more details, contact Mike_Crighton on Newschoolers.com.
Wed Feb 27, 9:48 AM ET
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Henrik Oscarsson, a pioneer of Swedish freestyle skiing, has died after being caught in an avalanche in Switzerland. He was 41.
Oscarsson died Monday at a hospital in the Swiss town of Sion, Sweden freestyle team manager Peter Lundberg said Wednesday...
From freezeonline.com
On February 23-24th, Mount Snow held the 6th Annual American Skiing Company Riderfest (a.k.a. Bud Light Boarderfest) Series. The weekend event was one stop in the seven-resort ski and snowboard competition series, which has been called the hottest grassroots competition...
By Alan Baldwin
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Croatia's Janica Kostelic hurtled to giant slalom gold on Friday to become the first Alpine skier to win four Olympic medals at a single Games.
The 20-year-old was also the first woman to win three Alpine golds at one Games and only the third skier...
Orage has cancelled the big air even planned for February 22nd at Edelweiss in Quebec.
The cancellation was due to a communication breakdown in the St. Sauveur-owned ski resorts Jay Peak and Edelweiss Valley. Acorrding to Orage representatives, Jay Peak did not pass along the details of the...
From freezeonline.com0
There are some guys that just stand out above the rest. We see them on the podiums of all the major competitions, X Games, The US Open, and now The Red Bull Huckfest. Jon Olsson, Tanner Hall, Boyd Easley, and CR Johnson have consistently been the top three for two years...
SNOWBIRD, UT, USA—On Sunday February 17th, the world’s best big air skiers and snowboarders will converge in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort to compete for $40,000 in prize money. Athletes from eight countries will travel to Utah to compete in the most...
By JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Bill Johnson has returned to the Olympics - not for the comeback he was hoping for, but for a pretty important one just the same.
The first American ever to win the Olympic downhill, Johnson was knocked comatose nearly two years ago when...
Don't miss the POWDER to the People Tour this winter! We will be hitting resorts across the West throughout the months of February and March. The pimped-out VW van will bring athlete appearances, parties, and general mayhem in the name of promoting The Skier's Magazine for nearly 60 days. If...
Feb. 4, 2002, Utah
SNOWBIRD, UT, U.S.A.- History was made today, as Frenchman Guerlain Chicherit and American Jamie Burge both managed to defend their respective titles as US Freeskiing National Champions. Before the sun had gathered strength, athletes gathered atop the north face of Mt Baldy...
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Wed Feb 6,11:39 PM ET
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Picabo Street has a dilemma -- whether to race next week's women's Olympic downhill on Arnold, Jomo, Choncho, Ernst or Uncle Leo.
Or maybe even Tony, Willis and Wally.
The U.S. skier, who is competing only in downhill and is not defending her...
By Ethan Stone
BARRIE, Ont. -- Demonstrating the principle that Newschoolers.com members are, in fact, superior to others in the ski community, Jodi Cooke snagged her second 1st-place title in Snow Valley Freeride Series last Thursday at Snow Valley, Ontario.
The resort built a tabletop for...
By ROBERT WELLER, Associated Press Writer
DENVER (AP) - American Skiing Co. has agreed to sell its Steamboat Springs ski resort to Triple Peaks LLC for $91.4 million.
Triple Peaks is a consortium of investors led by Tim and Diane Mueller, owners of Vermont's Okemo Mountain Resort and operators...